Photos from Sep 8, 2009 Meeting, Oscar, his hosts and Community Delegation 2009 to Aileu

No photoshopping was thought necessary as everyone looks wonderful ;)
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Oscar Paulino giving presentation.
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Hosts who will be looking after Oscar Paulino during his three month visit to Australia.
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CETAF Delegation 2009 to Aileu friendship district.
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Nicola representing Justice and Democracy group, St Josephs College
with Friends of Aileu coordinator Richard Brown.

Oscar Paulino - Some Background

Oscar Paulino has been chosen as the applicant for the Royce Abbey Fellowship, which is enabling him to come to this region for 12 weeks (early September - 30 November 2009) to study agricultural practises. He will visit district farms and complete a six week course at the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE.

Oscar, 34, graduated from the National University of East Timor (UNTL) in 2007 with a degree in Animal Production (final year thesis Chicken Broiler production).

In January 2009 he was appointed Chief of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Aileu District. He is involved in preparing annual District plans based on Government priorities and budgets and is active in seeking solutions to problems within the office. As decentralisation progessess he aims to increasingly contribute input to higher level Government plans and budgets.

Oscar was previously District Livestock Officer (2 years) and before that Livestock Dept Chief at the Maliana Agriculture Technical School (2 years) for students in Years 10-12, after working in Administration in the Education Ministry for 4 years during Indonesian times.

Oscar has particular interests in fodder production, particularly to increase the number of beef cattle including those in the drier hills, and completed a short course in Goat Husbandry 21 Nov-11 Dec 2005 at Canobolas Rural Technical High School in Orange NSW.